Security and Community Liaison Senior Officer

Major Duties and Responsibilities

Security Management:

• Provide technical support, as required, to field management during context and situational assessments to help develop an understanding of the issues that can affect security (e.g. culture, ethnicity, politics, religion, economics, crime, social issues, etc.)
• Conduct or support teams in conducting, risk, threat and vulnerability assessments
• Provide risk analysis (in line with Medair’s approach to acceptable risk) that informs and supports relevant field managers in their decision making
• Introduce mitigating measures that reduce the likelihood or impact of identified risks
• Support teams writing and regularly reviewing location-specific security plans
• Consolidate existing and/or develop new security related standard operating procedures, ensuring and enforcing their usability by the relevant Medair team members
• Support other team members with the reporting of security related incidents, including full analysis and appropriate follow-up

 Crisis Management:

• Work with field managers to build a network of useful contacts to help prevent or resolve security incidents
• Develop and regularly review the crisis management plan, including the setting up of a Field Crisis Management Team and the conducting of simulations to test crisis preparedness
• Be a member of the Field Crisis Management Team
• Regularly review documents and equipment to support crisis management, ensuring items are in line with standard procedures, up-to-date and in good working order. This includes, but is not limited to, contact information, personnel files, communication equipment, emergency supplies, safe rooms, etc.

 Communication:

• Attend locally and nationally convened security coordination meetings as appropriate, representing Medair as the security focal point for the programme
• Collate relevant security information from available sources and distribute to Medair staff as appropriate
• Provide regular security briefings, as appropriate, to the field management, other team members and visitors
• Ensure relevant security information is made available to staff in a language they understand or is explained verbally to those with limited reading ability
• Liaise regularly with the HQ Security Advisor

Training

• Brief new staff and visitors on relevant security issues, providing refresher training as required
• Source and recommend relevant security training for staff in areas such as personal security, use of communication equipment, landmine awareness, first aid, etc.
• Support colleagues responsible for running the Medair base(s) (e.g. office premises, staff housing, field bases, etc.) to ensure the security of the compounds, providing training and coaching as required

Quality Management

• Promote and use the Medair e-library and other operating procedures, ensuring that all standardised formats are used and guidelines are followed
• Review compliance of the country programme security set-up with Medair’s policies and procedures.

Delegated Responsibilities

• Oversee the development of location security plans and security and safety SOPs
• Review and monitor compliance with location security plans and SOPs
• Represent Medair in meetings with external bodies such as government offices, other NGOs and the UN